Re: Initiative - was RE: Piquet

I said:
> > Apparently one of the key things squad leaders do is point and say
> > "shoot!"

JohnA said:
> Excuse?  This is not true for decent troops. [snip]
> The idea that soldiers will not fire without orders is an artifact
of
> SLA Marshall's Men Against Fire and is countered by decent training.
> Which none of the major powers in WWII had time for before shoving
> riflemen into the line.

a) I was thinking of Col Grossman's book _On Killing_
b) we need to allow for troops who aren't decently trained--IF or PAU
militia, for instance.